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• Bombers can secure CFL playoff spot with victory

  19-10-2026 23:34 via : Canada
  
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers enter the final week of the CFL regular season controlling their playoff fate.
  
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• Alberta votes on leaving Canada: Early results suggest that province has chosen 'remain'

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Albertans seemed poised to vote in favour of remaining in Canada on Monday evening, with early results in the province’s historic independence referendum showing a clear majority opting to strike down a proposal for a future secession vote.As of around midnight local time, 76 per cent of voters had voted in favour of remaining in Canada, with 24 per cent voting to commence the process of potentially separating. Elections Alberta was still tallying results in the early hours, and so result
  
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• Alberta votes on leaving Canada: 1.4 million ballots cast in advance; record turnout expected today

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Polls opened for Alberta’s historic referendum on Monday, with voters lining up to cast a ballot over whether the province should consider separating from Canada.Voting day follows months of debate over the separation question, which has divided many in the province and prompted both sides to ramp up efforts to sway public opinion in recent weeks.The referendum, which includes one question on proposed separation and another nine on various other constitutional matters, is expected to draw
  
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• Alberta votes on leaving Canada: 1.3 million ballots cast in advance; record turnout expected today

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Polls opened for Alberta’s historic referendum on Monday, with voters lining up to cast a ballot over whether the province should consider separating from Canada.Voting day follows months of debate over the separation question, which has divided many in the province and prompted both sides to ramp up efforts to sway public opinion in recent weeks.The referendum, which includes one question on proposed separation and another nine on various other constitutional matters, is expected to draw
  
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• Alberta votes on leaving Canada: 1.3 million ballots cast in advance; early results expected after 10 p.m. MT

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Polls opened for Alberta’s historic referendum on Monday, with voters lining up to cast a ballot over whether the province should consider separating from Canada.Voting day follows months of debate over the separation question, which has divided many in the province and prompted both sides to ramp up efforts to sway public opinion in recent weeks.The referendum, which includes one question on proposed separation and another nine on various other constitutional matters, is expected to draw
  
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• Alberta rejects future separation vote in historic test of Canadian national unity

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Albertans seemed poised to vote in favour of remaining in Canada on Monday evening, with early results in the province’s historic independence referendum showing a clear majority opting to strike down a proposal for a future secession vote.As of 3:30 a.m, MT, with 66 per cent of polls reported, 75.7 per cent of voters had voted in favour of remaining in Canada, with 24.3 per cent voting to commence the process of potentially separating from confederation. Of the more than 1.6 million vote
  
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• Alberta poised to reject separating from Canada in historic referendum

  19-10-2026 23:13 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Albertans seemed poised to vote in favour of remaining in Canada on Monday evening, with early results in the province’s historic independence referendum showing a clear majority opting to strike down a proposal for a future secession vote.As of 1:30 a.m. MT, with 50 per cent of polls reported, 76 per cent of voters had voted in favour of remaining in Canada, with 24 per cent voting to commence the process of potentially separating from confederation. Of the more than 1.46 million votes c
  
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• Cop killer Curtis Dagenais returns to Saskatoon courtroom to argue about fate of his truck

  19-10-2026 22:47 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Curtis Dagenais returned on Monday to the same Saskatoon courtroom where, 17 years ago, a jury convicted him of murder.
  
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• High personal income taxes drag down Canada's tax competitiveness, new study finds

  19-10-2026 22:27 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  The Carney government’s recent efforts to make Canadian taxes more competitive have not yet put any significant dents internationally, a new study released Monday has found, putting further pressure on Ottawa to take significant steps in the federal budget that is expected in less than a month.The annual study, by The Tax Foundation’s Center for Global Tax Policy, gave Canada an overall rank of 15th among 38 industrialized countries — the same as last year but slightly ahead o
  
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• Proposed remedy for workers affected by Bill 148 could cost N.S. $470 million

  19-10-2026 22:15 via : Canada
  
  The Nova Scotia government says it has agreed to pay public sector employees an estimated $470 million in compensation over legislation introduced in 2015 to restrict their wages.
  
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• ‘Just not acceptable’: Backlash grows over Nova Scotia AI data centre project

  19-10-2026 22:13 via : Canada
  
  Criticism of Nova Scotia's move to build a large-scale AI data centre is growing, as both opposition parties are calling for an emergency sitting of the Legislature to debate it.
  
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• Harness racer dies in multi-horse collision at South Okanagan race course

  19-10-2026 22:10 via : Canada
  
  The Desert Park Raceway in Osoyoos said a horse lost its step during a race and fell on the track, colliding with multiple trailing horses and drivers.
  
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• Digital issues will stay sticking point in U.S. trade talks: former negotiator

  19-10-2026 21:50 via : Canada
  
  Steve Verheul said the United States won’t simply drop issues like the Online News Act and digital sovereignty that it has identified as trade irritants.
  
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• Calgary Opera replaces performer who unfurled Palestinian flag during Tosca bow

  19-10-2026 21:39 via CBC | Canada News
  
  On Friday, the bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega held up the flag at the end of Giacomo Puccini's drama about love and betrayal during political upheaval in Napoleonic Rome.
  
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• Feds spent $4.8M on Microsoft licenses that government employees didn't even use: CTF

  19-10-2026 21:28 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Government records reviewed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) show that the federal government spent at least $4.8 million last year on more than 53,000 Microsoft subscriptions and licences that went unused by government employees.The information came from a question submitted on March 11 in the House of Commons by Adam Chambers, Conservative Member of Parliament for Simcoe North in Ontario. He asked for the total number of Microsoft licenses paid for by the government; their cost; how
  
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• DFO searching for injured whale struck by B.C. Ferries vessel in Howe Sound

  19-10-2026 21:28 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Marine conservation officers are searching for an injured humpback whale that passengers aboard a B.C. Ferries vessel say they felt being struck on Sunday.
  
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• N.L. man sentenced to 7 years in prison for shooting snowmobiler in the head

  19-10-2026 21:22 via CBC | Canada News
  
  A Port au Port West man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for shooting a snowmobiler in the head almost two years ago.
  
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• Indigenous Toronto man with a criminal record of 101 break-ins gets time served

  19-10-2026 21:14 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  A Toronto man with Indigenous heritage who has 101 break-ins on his criminal record won’t serve any more time in jail after his recent sentencing, even though he was arrested with nearly an ounce of fentanyl.Kieron Tierney — who had already done time for 85 previous break-ins — was sentenced to time served and probation for 16 more break-ins in an Ontario Court of Justice Gladue Court. The same judge handed him a suspended sentence on the drug charge after Tierney pleaded guil
  
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• Track the results here for the Alberta referendum on each question

  19-10-2026 21:01 via : Canada
  
  Alberta voters are heading to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a historic referendum that asks, among its 10 questions, whether to hold a second referendum on separating.
  
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• RESULTS | How Albertans voted on each referendum question

  19-10-2026 21:01 via : Canada
  
  Alberta voters are heading to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a historic referendum that asks, among its 10 questions, whether to hold a second referendum on separating.
  
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• Live results: How Albertans voted on each referendum question

  19-10-2026 21:01 via : Canada
  
  Alberta voters are heading to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a historic referendum that asks, among its 10 questions, whether to hold a second referendum on separating.
  
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• How Albertans voted on each referendum question

  19-10-2026 21:01 via : Canada
  
  Alberta voters are heading to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a historic referendum that asks, among its 10 questions, whether to hold a second referendum on separating.
  
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• CFB Wainwright: What we know about the Canadian Armed Forces members killed in the fire

  19-10-2026 20:56 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Four members of the Canadian Armed Forces were killed in a grass fire at an army base in Wainwright, Alberta over the weekend.They were identified as Sgt. Morgan Wong, Pte. Shaun Farrell, Pte. Aidan Goulding, and Pte. Hayden Lykkemark. They died during a “fire-related training incident” at 4 p.m. MT (6 p.m. ET) on Oct. 17, according to CAF . Nearly 40 others were injured.Here’s what we know about them. Who were the victims killed in the Wainwright fire? All four were based in
  
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• Everything confirmed so far about CFB Wainwright fire and how it unfolded

  19-10-2026 20:30 via : Canada
  
  At least four members of the Canadian Armed Forces have died and dozens are injured after a scheduled training exercise on Saturday at a base near Wainwright, Alberta.
  
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• Air Canada to charge $30 if you call them to book your flight

  19-10-2026 20:11 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  Air Canada has just added a new fee, this one to tickets booked through the airline’s telephone call centre. Beginning Oct. 15, all new bookings made by calling the airline carry a $30 non-refundable fee. The charge is per passenger, so booking flight for a family of four would cost $120.The fee does not apply if the booking is made through another method.“Air Canada’s website and mobile app make it easy to book and manage your travel,” the airline said in announcing the
  
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• Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz violated public trust, ex-CAO lacked moral compass, police HQ inquiry says

  19-10-2026 20:00 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz “violated the public trust” and former city chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl displayed “a complete lack of a moral compass” by engaging in "blatant" conflicts of interest involving the owner of the construction company awarded the contract to build the city’s police headquarters, the provincial public inquiry into the scandal-plagued project concluded.
  
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• Quebec's reserves of maple syrup almost depleted, says new report

  19-10-2026 19:41 via CBC | Canada News
  
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• Trump says U.S. is losing money 'unwisely' spent on Canadian health-care

  19-10-2026 19:37 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  President Donald Trump took a swipe at former prime minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s health-care system in a rant on Saturday against the country and its “emboldened” leaders.“You know, we had Trudeau, who’s not a good — not a good guy — loser, I mean, you know, I don’t — a loser,” Trump said during a rally in the city of Highland Heights, in Kentucky, where he was campaigning for Republicans ahead of crucial elections on Nov. 3 in
  
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• Trump complains about 'loser' Trudeau and U.S. subsidizing Canadian health care

  19-10-2026 19:37 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  President Donald Trump took a swipe at former prime minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s health care system in a rant on Saturday against the country and its “emboldened” leaders.“You know, we had Trudeau, who’s not a good — not a good guy — loser, I mean, you know, I don’t — a loser,” Trump said during a rally in the city of Highland Heights, in Kentucky, where he was campaigning for Republicans ahead of crucial elections on Nov. 3 in
  
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• Trump complains about 'loser' Trudeau and U.S. subsidising Canadian health care

  19-10-2026 19:37 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  President Donald Trump took a swipe at former prime minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s health care system in a rant on Saturday against the country and its “emboldened” leaders.“You know, we had Trudeau, who’s not a good — not a good guy — loser, I mean, you know, I don’t — a loser,” Trump said during a rally in the city of Highland Heights, in Kentucky, where he was campaigning for Republicans ahead of crucial elections on Nov. 3 in
  
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• Harness driver dies after multi-horse collision at Osoyoos, B.C., raceway

  19-10-2026 19:36 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Desert Park Raceway says 52-year-old harness driver Scott Knight died after a multi-horse collision at the track in Osoyoos, B.C., on Sunday.
  
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• Stiles unavailable to canvas for Chow as Toronto election enters final week

  19-10-2026 19:31 via : Canada
  
  Marit Stiles's unavailability to support Chow on the ground comes at a moment when the incumbent Toronto mayor is locked in a tight race with opponent Brad Bradford.
  
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• News publishers launch copyright suit against AI company Anthropic in Ontario

  19-10-2026 19:00 via : Canada
  
  A coalition of news publishers that includes Canada’s largest newspapers is suing the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an Ontario court.
  
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• Fatal CFB Wainwright fire the latest tragedy at the Alberta CAF base

  19-10-2026 18:55 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  While the vast majority of Canadian Armed Forces members’ deaths have occurred during wartime, the CAF has known no shortage of non-wartime tragedies at domestic and international bases over its storied and valiant history.Before the fire that swept through the training area at CFB Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday, killing four soldiers and injuring 39 more — 19 critically — “10 Canadians have died in accidents while serving in the military” since 2020, according
  
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• Trial for man accused in Pearson gold heist hears more from key figure in case

  19-10-2026 18:52 via : Canada
  
  A man who received a prison sentence for his role in the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist says on the day of the theft, he communicated with the man currently on trial.
  
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• Pamela Wallin resigns Senate seat 2 years before mandatory retirement

  19-10-2026 18:24 via : Canada
  
  Pamela Wallin, a former broadcaster, was embroiled in the expense scandal that rocked the Senate in 2013, but was never criminally charged.
  
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• Tears, prayers and quiet reflection in the House of Commons after CFB Wainwright tragedy

  19-10-2026 18:19 via National Post - RSS Feed
  
  OTTAWA — Some MPs cried. Others prayed or reflected quietly. And all listened solemnly as party leaders delivered heartfelt homages in the House of Commons to the military members killed or injured by the devastating fire at CFB Wainwright this weekend.On Saturday, four Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were killed and 39 others were injured when a fire spread at lightning speed across part of CFB Wainwright, roughly 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.On Monday, Carney told the House
  
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• Cybersecurity firm hired by Hamilton says director arrested by FBI didn't handle city's ransomware response

  19-10-2026 18:12 via CBC | Canada News
  
  In the wake of the FBI's arrest of a former cybersecurity executive on another issue, the firm that was tasked with helping Hamilton recover from a 2024 cyberattack says he had no involvement in the work it did for the city.
  
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• Inquest into death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet hears from police

  19-10-2026 17:53 via : Canada
  
  A coroner's inquest into the death of a Toronto woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home is hearing from one of the officers called to the incident.
  
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• Stellantis workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike mandate

  19-10-2026 17:51 via : Canada
  
  Unifor said Monday that 97.3 per cent of members who participated in a vote over the weekend are in favour of authorizing a strike if needed.
  
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• Peel police break up ‘violent criminal network’ behind luxury car thefts

  19-10-2026 17:50 via : Canada
  
  Peel Regional Police say they’ve broken up a “violent criminal network” that was linked to carjackings and luxury vehicle thefts.
  
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• Most travellers earn points slowly — here’s how to speed it up

  19-10-2026 17:45 via Canada.com
  
  After a decade of immersing myself in the world of loyalty programs, I’ve built an earning strategy that rewards me with travel points on nearly every dollar I spend. Collecting points with the usual suspects like groceries and gas is really just the beginning, and the magic lives in turning boring expenses into memorable experiences.  Read More
  
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• Teams scrambling after two Winnipeg arenas shut down

  19-10-2026 17:18 via : Canada
  
  Winnipeg junior and minor hockey teams lost hundreds of ice time after two arenas were shut down for repairs as the season gets underway.
  
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• Former journalist Pamela Wallin resigns from Senate

  19-10-2026 17:17 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Sen. Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Upper Chamber.
  
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• One dead, four injured after police chase ends with two crashes in N.S.

  19-10-2026 16:53 via : Canada
  
  One person is dead and four others are injured after a car involved in a police chase went off the road in western Nova Scotia.
  
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• Unifor Stellantis workers vote 97% in favour of strike mandate with talks still stalled

  19-10-2026 16:51 via CBC | Canada News
  
  The workers are stationed at factories in Windsor and Toronto — as well as the idled Brampton assembly plant.
  
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• Unifor Stellantis workers in Ontario vote 97% in favour of strike mandate with talks still stalled

  19-10-2026 16:51 via CBC | Canada News
  
  The workers are stationed at factories in Windsor, Toronto and the idled Brampton assembly plant.
  
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• Carney expected to speak in House of Commons on CFB Wainwright tragedy

  19-10-2026 16:30 via : Canada
  
  Four members of the military were killed when a nearby grass fire surged into a training area and overwhelmed soldiers at CFB Wainwright.
  
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• Canada ‘united in grief’ for CFB Wainwright fire victims, Carney says

  19-10-2026 16:30 via : Canada
  
  Four members of the military were killed when a nearby grass fire surged into a training area and overwhelmed soldiers at CFB Wainwright.
  
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• Son of Oro-Medonte, Ont., mayoral candidate 'critically injured' in CFB Wainwright fire

  19-10-2026 15:44 via CBC | Canada News
  
  Cathy Keane, who is running for mayor in Oro-Medonte, Ont., says she's taking time away from campaigning to be with her son, who was "critically injured" after a large fire broke out over the weekend at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
  
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